[extropy-chat] Transhumanism and non-gender roles

[Dirk Bruere]

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> It's interesting to note here how quickly new innovations make their way
> into mainstream society and become the norm. A Cell phone that takes
> pictures and sends them to someone else without wires and all fits in the
> palm of your hand, $100. A PC that fits in your pocket, $500. Doing all my
> Christmas shopping without ever having to leave my home? Priceless.

Tedious and predictable, but useful.
Now show me some technology that is neither, and that enables me to do
something I have never before done (that is worth doing).
Back in 1977 I wrote a document on an idea I had, a 'digital book'. The idea
was shelved by GEC management (as usually happens in Britain), but a couple
of years ago I actually worked on the Cytale ebook in Paris. I can't say it
was a 'new' experience from an engineering POV. Paris far outranked it.

Dirk

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